January 26th, 2012
About this blog | Google+ | On Sunday, I did a live video chat on Google+ where I took astronomy and space questions from folks and answered them as best I could. It was a lot of fun, with.
Go here to see the original: Q&BA full video chat session online | Bad Astronomy | Discover …
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January 26th, 2012
National Aeronautics and Space Administration is considered to be using the astronomy ccd software to focus on your way to act scientifically. It is, yet not working in the astronomy ccd handbook of stars and stellar evolution.
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Tags: administration, astronomy, explorer, handbook, scientifically, sky-watcher, software, stellar, working
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January 26th, 2012
The York County Astronomical Society will take guests on a tour of the moon, planets and stars of the night sky during a Public Star Watch from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the observatory at Rudy County Park, 400 …
Read the original post: Free astronomy program at Rudy Park | York Weekend
Tags: astronomical, guests, moon, park, planets, public, rudy, saturday, sky-watcher, society, space, star, watch
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January 26th, 2012
It's pretty amazing, who would have thought after all these years we'd be getting updates on the Voyager spacecrafts? The update below continues with the theme of power saving to stretch out the mission. The mission could …
See the original post here: Voyager Update | Tom's Astronomy Blog
Tags: 130P, amazing, continues, mission, planets, pretty, sky-watcher, stretch, telescope, thought, update, updates, voyager
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January 26th, 2012
We at Astronomy magazine just learned about the death of a wonderful man and important astronomy enthusiast who helped change amateur astronomy for the better, especially in the 1970s and '80s. John Sanford died …
Original post: John Sanford, 1939–2011 – Dave's Universe – Astronomy.com …
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January 26th, 2012
We are going to be sponsoring a new series of weekly events starting this semester titled “Lectures on Astronomy.” The astronomy faculty members, several well-known astronomers, and a famous mathematician here at …
See original here: Lectures on Astronomy | Rutgers Astronomical Society
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January 26th, 2012
Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait sums up the final reaction of many. [A]ccording to an article on Scientific American, [Rosie Redfield, a microbiologist at the [...] 31. Tom Says: January 24th, 2012 at 5:28 pm. @Bahb: “When you can't …
The rest is here: Independent researchers find no evidence for arsenic life in Mono …
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January 26th, 2012
On February 8 he will return to California State University, Dominguez Hills to begin teaching an online Intro to Astronomy course that is open to all at no cost. It's a fun and exciting way to learn everything you ever wanted to …
Link: January 26th: There Won't Be a Quiz! Free … – 365 Days of Astronomy
Tags: begin, dominguez, exciting, february, fun, intro, learn, online, state
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January 26th, 2012
Astronomy | aurora | Around 04:00 UTC on Monday morning, January 23, 2012, the Sun let loose a pretty big flare and coronal mass ejection. Although there have been bigger events in.
Follow this link: The Sun aims a storm right at Earth: expect aurorae tonight! | Bad …
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